Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

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:Stoßtrupp Adolf Hitler (SA controlled)

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SS-Stabswache Berlin

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SS-Sonderkommando Berlin

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Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler

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Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

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Infanterie-Regiment (mot.) Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

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SS-Division (mot.) Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

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SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

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1.SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

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The Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (Lifeguard Standarte of the SS Adolf Hitler) was a Waffen SS guard and combat formation which saw action on both the Eastern and Western fronts during the Second World War.

Related Topics:
Waffen SS - Eastern - Western fronts - Second World War

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The Leibstandarte started life in the early days of the NSDAP as Adolf Hitler's personal, élite bodyguard. As the Waffen SS increased in size throughout the 1930s and into the war years, so the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler evolved into a full sized panzer division, a detachment of which was always close to Hitler.

Related Topics:
NSDAP - Adolf Hitler - Waffen SS - 1930 - War years - Panzer

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